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ST LAZAROS

SATURDAY OF THE RAISING OF ST LAZAROS (FOUR DAYS DEAD)

On Saturday of the Sixth Week of Great Lent, the Holy Church commemorates
the Miracle of the Raising of St Lazaros by our Lord and Saviour, Jesus
Christ, six days before the Jewish Passover during which He suffered. (JOHN

him!

Tines

de ex afton ipon: Ouk edinato

outos, O anixas tous ofthalmous tou
tiflou, piise ina ke outos mi
apothani?

11:45-57).

The Holy Church Glorifies the Raising of St Lazaros, as proof of the Divine
Power of Jesus Christ and as evidence of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
and in the General Resurrection of all the dead, as expressed in the
Troparion of the Feast.
The Faithful realising the great value accomplished by our Lord Commemorates the Divine Miracle by singing:
O Lord, Thy Voice destroyed the kingdom of Hades and the Word of Thine
Authority raised from the grave the one who was dead four days, and
Lazaros became once again the Saving First Fruits of the Regeneration
of the world. All things are possible to Thee, O Master and King of all.
At the same time the Holy Church reminds us also that this Event was the
beginning of the resolute revolt of the Council of the Priests and Pharisees
against our Saviour.
Performed before innumerable witnesses, the Great Miracle of the Resurrection
of St Lazaros converted many to the Faith in Jesus Christ, which caused the
strongest indignation against Him by the High Priests and Elders of Judah.
Consequently the Sanhedrin decided, upon the wicked instigation of the High
Priest, Caiaphas, to arrest our Lord Jesus wherever it would be possible,
without causing a public riot. (JOHN 11: 47-50)
Thus the Miraculous Resurrection of St Lazaros served His enemies as the final
excuse for their condemning our Lord and Saviour to death.
Since the first century the Divine Services were established to Commemorate
this Great Miracle before Holy Week.
In the fourth century the Holy Church of Christ considered the Miraculous
Resurrection of St Lazaros to be a solemn Feast, which is evident from the
set of Homilies for today that were written by St John Chrysostom, the
Blessed St Augustine, and others.
In the seventh and eighth centuries the Sacred Church Hymnographers St
Andrew of Crete, St Cosmas of Maium and St John of Damascus composed Festal Hymns and Canons for this Feast that are still sung to this
day.

Iisous

oun, palin emvrimomenos en

eafto, erhete is to mnimion. In de
spileon, ke lithos epekito ep afto.

Some of them said: Could not this Man

Who opened the eyes of the blind,
also have kept this man from dying?

Jesus,

again groaning within Himself,

went to the tomb, which was a cave,
and a stone lay against it.

Legi O Iisou:. Arate ton lithon.

Jesus said: Take away the stone.
Legi afto i Adelphi tou tethnikotos Martha, the sister of him who
Martha:
gar est!

Kyrie, idi ozi.

Tetarteos

Legi afti O Iisou:

was
dead, said to Him: Lord, by this time
there is a stench, for he has been
dead four days!

Ouk ipon Si oti ean

opsi tin Doxan tou

Jesus said to her: Did I not say to you

Iran

oun ton lithon ou in O tethnikos

kimonos.

They then took away the stone from the

de Iisous ire tous ofthalmous ano ke

ipe: Pater, efharisto Si oti ikousas
Mou. Ego de idin oti pantote mou
akouis.
Alla dia ton ohlon to
periestota ipon, ina Pistevsosin oti
Si Me apestilas.

Jesus

Ke

tafta ipon foni megali ekravase:

Lazare! Devro exo!

And when Jesus had said these things,

Pistevsis,
Theou?

that if you would believe you would

see the Glory of God?
cave where the dead man was lying.
lifted up His Eyes and said: O
Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast
heard Me. I know that Thou always
hears Me, but because of the people
who are standing by, I say this, so
that they may believe that Thou
sent Me.
He cried with a loud Voice: Lazaros!
Come forth!

Ke exilthen O tethnikos dedemenos tous And he who had died came out, bound
podas ke tas hiras kiries ke i opsis
aftou soudario periededeto.

Legi

aftis O Iisous:
afete ipagin.

Lisate afton ke

hand and foot with grave-cloths, and

his face was wrapped with a cloth.

Jesus

said to them: Loosen him, and

let him go.

Polli oun ek ton Ioudeon, i elthontes pros Many

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tin Marian ke theasameni a epiisen O

Iisous, epistevsan is Afton.

of the Judeans who had gone to

Mary, and had seen the things that
Jesus did, believed in Him...

KINONIKON/COMMUNION HYMN PSALM 8

Ek

stomatos nipion ke thilazonton

katiriso enon. Allilouia.(3)

Plirothito

to stoma imon eneseos Kyrie,

opos animnisomen tin Doxan Sou, oti
ixiosas imas ton Agion Sou metashin
Mystyrion. Tirison imas en to So
Agiasmo, olin tin imeran meletontas
tin Dikeosinin Sou. Allilouia! (3)

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OF THE

RAISING

OF

ST LAZAROS

From the mouths of babes and nursing

infants
Thou
Alleluia! (3)

prepared

Praise.

Let

our mouths be filled with Thy

Praise, O Lord, that we may sing of
Thy Glory.
Thou hast made us
worthy to partake of Thy Holy
Mysteries. Keep us in Thy Holiness,
that all day long we may meditate on
Thy Righteousness. Alleluia! (3)

MATINS & DIVINE LITURGY HYMNS & READINGS - SATURDAY

OF THE

RAISING

OF

S T L A Z A R O S 15.

Ipen

oun i Martha pros ton Iisoun:

Kyrie, i is ode, O adelphos mou ouk
en etethnike. Alla ke nin ida oti osa
an etisi ton Theon, dosi Si O Theos.

Legi

afti O Iisous:
adelphos sou.

Anastisete

Martha said to Jesus: Lord, if

Thou had been here, my brother
would not have died. But even now, I
know that whatever Thou ask of God,
God will grant Thee.

Jesus

said to her: Your brother will

rise again.

Legi afto Martha: Ida oti Anastisete en Martha said to Him: I know that he will
ti Anastasi en ti Eshati Imera.

Ipen afti O Iisous:

Ego Imi i Anastasis

ke Zoi. O Pistevon is Eme, kan
apothani, Zisete. Ke pas O Zon ke
Pistevon is Eme ou mi apothani is
ton eona. Pistevis touto?

Rise again in the Resurrection at the

Last Day.

Jesus

said to her: I Am the

Resurrection and the Life: he who
believes in me, although he may
die, he shall Live. And whoever
lives and believes in Me, shall never
die. Do you believe this?

Legi afto: Ne,

Kyrie, ego pepistevka oti

Si i O Hristos - O Iios tou Theou O is
ton kosmon erhomenos.

She

Ke

tafta ipousa apilthe ke efonise

Marian tin adelphin aftis lathra
ipousa: O Didaskalos paresti ke foni
se.

And

Ekini

os ikousen, egirete tahi ke erhete

pros Afton.

said to Him: Yes, Lord, I believe

that Thou art the Christ the Son of
God Who is to come into the world.
having said these things, Martha
went her way, and secretly called
Mary, her sister, saying: The
Teacher has come and is calling for
you.

As soon as Mary heard that, she quickly

arose and went to Him.

Oupo de elilithi O Iisous is tin komin, all Now

n en to topo opou ipintisen afto i
Martha.

oun Ioudei i ontes met aftis en ti ikia

ke paramithoumeni aftin, idontes tin
marian oti taheos anesti ke exilthen,
ikolouthisan afti, legontes: oti ipagi
is to mnimion ina klafsi eki.

oun Maria os ilthen opou in Iisous,

idousa afton epesen Aftou is tous
Podas legousa Afto: Kyrie, i is ode,
ouk an apethane mou O adelphos.

Iisou oun os iden aftin kleousan ke tous

sinelthontas afti Ioudeous kleontas,
enevrimisato to pnevmati ke etaraxen
eafton.

Ke ipe:

Pou tethikate afton?

Jesus had not yet gone into the

town, but was in the place where
Martha had met Him.
When the Judeans, who were with her in
the house, comforting her, saw that
Mary had quickly arisen and gone
out, they followed her, saying: She
is going to the tomb to weep there.

When

Mary arrived where Jesus was,

and saw Him, she fell down at His
Feet, saying to Him: O Lord, if Thou
had been here, my brother would not
have died.

Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping,

and the Judeans who had come with
her, weeping, He groaned in the
spirit and was troubled.

And

He said: Where have you laid

him?

Legousin afto: Kyrie, erhou ke ide.

They said to Him: Lord, come and see.
Edakrisen O Isous.
Jesus wept.
Elegon oun i Ioudei: Ide pos efili The Judeans said; See how He Loved
Afton!
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Triodion Matins Hymns & Readings

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MATINS & DIVINE LITURGY HYMNS & READINGS - SATURDAY

OF THE

RAISING

OF

ST LAZAROS

PSALM 117 /118

PRAISE

TO

GOD

FOR

HIS EVERLASTING MERCY

*Theos

*The

Kyrios ke Epefanen imin.

Evlogimenos O erhomenos en
Onomati Kyriou!
S TI HO S
1 : Exomologisthe to Kyrio, oti
Agathos, oti is ton eona to Eleos
Aftou!*
S T I H O S 2 : Panta ta Ethni ekiklosan me,
ke to Onomati Kyriou inamin aftous.*

Lord is God, and has Appeared

to us. Blessed is He Who comes in
the Name of the Lord!
V ER SE 1:
Confess the Lord, for He is
Good;
for His Mercy endures
forever!*
V ER SE
2 : All the Nations surrounded
me, but in the Name of the Lord I
drove them back.*
V E R S E 3 : This is the Lords doing, and
it is Marvellous in our eyes.*

3 : Para Kyriou egeneto afti, ke

esti Thavmasti en ofthalmis imon.*

S TI HO S

FESTAL APOLYTIKION ST LAZAROS SATURDAY

Tin

Kinin Anastasin pro tou Sou

Pathous Pistoumenos, ek Nekron
igiras ton Lazaron, Hriste O Theos.
Othen ke imis os i Pedes, ta tis Nikis
Simbola Ferontes, Si to Nikiti tou
Thanatou voomen: Osanna en tis
Ipsistis,
Evlogimenos
O
erhomenos, en Onomati Kyriou. (3)

SMALL LITANY
FIRST FESTAL KATHISMA

Katoiktiras

To

confirm the General Resurrection

before
Thy
Passion,
Thou
Resurrected Lazaros from the dead,
O Christ our God.
Therefore,
imitating the children, carrying the
Symbols of Victory, we cry out to
Thee, the Victor over Death:
Hosanna in the Highest! Blessed
art Thou, the One Who comes in
the Name of the Lord! (3)

OF

ST LAZAROS SATURDAY

tis Marthas, ke Marias ta

dakria, ekkilise ton lithon, ek tou
tafou prosetaxas, Hriste O Theos:
Anestisas fonisas ton nekron, tin tou
Kosmou
zoodota,
di
aftou
Pistoumenos Anastasin.
Doxa ti
Dinastia Sou Sotir! Doxa ti exousia
Sou! Doxa to dia Logou panta
sistisameno!

Thou took pity on the tears of Martha

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Amin
Katoiktiras

Amen
Thou took

ke nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

tis Marthas, ke Marias ta

dakria, ekkilise ton lithon, ek tou
tafou prosetaxas, Hriste O Theos:
Anestisas fonisas ton nekron, tin tou
Kosmou
zoodota,
di
aftou
Pistoumenos Anastasin.
Doxa ti
Dinastia Sou Sotir! Doxa ti exousia
Sou! Doxa to dia Logou panta
sistisameno!

and Mary, and Thou ordered that the

stone be rolled away from the tomb,
O Christ our God. And then Thou
called the dead man and Resurrected
him; and through him, O Giver of
Life, Thou assured the world of its
Resurredtion.
Glory
to
Thy
Dominion, O Saviour! Glory to Thine
Authority! Glory to Thee Who
established all things by Thy Word.
and to the Holy Spirit, now and
forever, and to the ages of ages.

pity on the tears of Martha

and Mary, and Thou ordered that the
stone be rolled away from the tomb,
O Christ our God. And then Thou
called the dead man and Resurrected
him; and through him, O Giver of
Life, Thou assured the world of its
Resurredtion.
Glory to Thy
Dominion, O Saviour! Glory to

MATINS & DIVINE LITURGY HYMNS & READINGS - SATURDAY

OF THE

RAISING

OF

S T L A Z A R O S 3.

Thine Authority! Glory to Thee Who

EVLOGITARIA

TRISAGION
HYMN

established all things by Thy Word.

THEOTOKION SMALL LITANY
SECOND KATHISMATA OF ST LAZAROS SATURDAY- TONE (5) PLAGAL 1

Pigi tis Sofias, ke tis progoseos, tous

peri Marthan protas, en Vithania
paron. Pou tethikate, voon, filon ton
Lazaron?
On darisas simpathos,
tetraimeron nekron, anestisas ti foni
Sou.
Filanthrope ke Iktirmon, os
Zooditis ke Kyrios.

O Christ, Thou still enquired of the

neighbours of Martha in Bethany, O
Lord. And Thou said: Where have
you
laid
Beloved
Lazaros?
Sympathetically Thou wept for Thy
Friend who was four days dead.
Then by Thy Word alone Thou
raised him, as our Lord and the
Giver of Life, O Compassionate
Lover of mankind.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Amin
I Pigi tis

Amen
Source of Wisdom and Foreknowledge,

Sofias, ke tis progoseos, tous

peri Marthan protas, en Vithania
paron. Pou tethikate, voon, filon ton
Lazaron?
On darisas simpathos,
tetraimeron nekron, anestisas ti foni
Sou.
Filanthrope ke Iktirmon, os
Zooditis ke Kyrios.

RESURRECTION PRAYER PSALM 50/51

de O Iisous tin Marthan ke tin

adelphin aftis ke ton Lazaron. Os oun
ikousen oti asthenia, tote men eminen
en O in topo dio imeras.

panton Hara, Hristos i Alithia, to Fos

i Zoi, tou kosmou i Anastasis, tis en gi
pefanerote, ti aftou agathotiti, ke
gegone tipos tis Anastaseos, tis PASI
PAREHON THIAN AFESIN.

FESTAL

Tis

Then

Legousin

The Disciples said to Him: Rabbi, lately

meta touto legit is Mathites:

Agomen is tin Ioudean palin.
afto i Mathite: Ravvi, nin
exitoun Se lithase i Ioudei, ke palin
ipagis eki?

These things He said, and after that He

ipe, ke meta touto legi aftis:

Lazaros O Filos Imon kekimite. All
porevome ina exipniso afton.

Ipon

oun i Mathite Aftou:

kekimite, sothisete.

4.

Thy Disciples, O Creator of all,

Thou declared, saying: Brothers
and Believers, our Friend has fallen
asleep. Thus Thou foretold and
taught that Thou know all things as
the Creator of all things. So,
onward; let us go and see a Strange
Burial, and behold Marys lament
and the tomb of Lazaros. For I
shall work a Miracle there,
precluding
the
Cross,
and
GRANTING DIVINE REMISSION TO
ALL.

MATINS & DIVINE LITURGY HYMNS & READINGS - SATURDAY

OF THE

RAISING

Kyrie, i

OF

ST LAZAROS

answered: Are there not twelve

hours in the day? If anyone walks
in the day, he does not stumble,
because he sees the light of this
world.
But if one walks in the
night, he stumbles, because the
Light is not in him.

said to them: Our friend, Lazaros,

sleeps, but I go so that I may wake
him up.

His Disciples said: Lord, if he sleeps, he

will get well.

Iriki de O Iisou peri tou Thanatou Aftou, However, Jesus spoke of his death, but
ekini de edoxan oti peri tis kimiseos
tou ipnou legi.

Tote

oun ipen aftis O Iisous parrisia:

Lazaros apethane. Ke hero di
imas, ina Pistevsite, oti ouk imin
eki: All agomen pros afton.

they thought that He spoke of taking

rest in sleep.

So Jesus told them

plainly: Lazaros is
dead. And I Am glad for your
sakes that I was not there, so that
you may believe. Nevertheless, let
us go to him.

Ipen oun Thomas O legomenos Didimos Thomas, who was called the Twin, said
tis simmathites: Agomen ke imis ina
apothanomen met Aftou.

to his fellow Disciples: Let us also

go, that we may die with Him.

Elthon oun O Iisou evren afton tessaras So

imeras idi ehonta en to mnimio.

To

the Hebrews sought to stone Thee,

and art Thou going there again?

Tafta

Christ,

the Joy of all, the Truth, the

Light, the Life, the Resurrection of
the world, in
His Goodness,
appeared to those on earth; and He
became
the
pattern
of
the
Resurrection, by GRANTING DIVINE
REMISSION TO ALL.

this, He said to His

Let us go to Judea

Jesus

Ouhi dodeka isin ore

tis imeras? Ean tis peripati en ti
imera, ou proskopti, oti to fos tou
kosmou toutou vlepi. Ean de tis
peripati en ti nikti, proskopti, oti to
Fos ouk estin en afto.

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the ages of ages.

O Christ, Thou still enquired of the

neighbours of Martha in Bethany, O
Lord. And Thou said: Where have
you
laid
Beloved
Lazaros?
Sympathetically Thou wept for Thy
Friend who was four days dead.
Then by Thy Word alone Thou
raised him, as our Lord and the
Giver of Life, O Compassionate
Lover of mankind.

after
Disciples:
again.

Apekrifi Iisous:

IKOS LAZAROS SATURDAY

Mathites O Ktistis ton olon,

proigorefse
legon:
Adelphi
ke
Gnosti, imon O Filos kekimite.
Toutis prolegon ke ekdidaskon, oti
panta ginoskis os Ktistis panton.
Agomen oun proevthomen, ke
idomen xenin tafin, ke thrinon ton
tis Marias, ke ton tafon tou
Lazarou opsometha. Eki gar mello
Thavmatourgin,
ektelon
tou
Stavrou ta proimia, KE PASI
PAREHON THIAN AFESIN.

and Lazaros, so when He heard that

Lazaros was sick, He stayed two
more days in the place where He
was.

Epita

FESTAL KONTAKION - LAZAROS SATURDAY

Now Jesus Loved Martha and her sister,

Source of Wisdom and Foreknowledge,

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

ke nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Igapa

when Jesus went, He found that

Lazaros had already been in the
tomb for four days.

In de i Vithania engis ton Ierosolimon os Now

apo stadion dekapente.

Ke

polli ek ton Ioudeon elilithisan pros

tas peri Marthan ke Maria ina
paramithisonte
aftas
peri
tou
adelphou afton.

oun Martha os ikousen oti O Iisou

erhete, ipintisen afto. Maria de en to
iko ekathezeto.

Bethany was near Jerusalem about two miles away.

And

many of the Hebrews had joined

the women around Martha and Mary,
to comfort them concerning their
brother.

As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was

coming, she went to meet Him, but
Mary sat in the house.

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OF THE

RAISING

OF

S T L A Z A R O S 13.

THE EPISTLE

OF

ST PAUL

TO THE

Adelphi:

Vasilian
asalevton
paralamvanontes ehomen Harin, di
is latrevomen evapestos to Theo meta
edous ke evlavias, ke gar O Theos
imon Pir Katanaliskon.

HEBREWS 12 : 28-13 : 8

SYNAXARION 23 APRIL

Brethren:

let us be grateful for

receiving a Kingdom that cannot be
shaken, and thus let us offer to God
acceptable worship, with reverence
and awe;
for our God is a
Consuming Fire.

I Philadelphia meneto.
Tis filoxenias mi epilanthanesthe,

Let brotherly Love continue.

Do not neglect to show hospitality

Mimniskesthe

Remember those who are in prison as

dia
taftis gar elathon tines xenisantes
angelous.
ton
desmion
os
sindedemeni - ton katihoumenon os
ke afti ontes en somati.

Timios

O Gamos en pasi ke i kiti

amiantos.
Pornous de ke mihous
krini O Theos!

Afilargiros

O tropos, arkoumeni tis

parousin. Aftos gar iriken: Ou mi se
ano oud ou mi se egkatalipo.

to
strangers, for thereby some have
unknowingly hosted Angels.

though in prison with them; and

thos who are ill-treated, since you
also are in the body.
Marriage be held in honour among
all, and let the Marriage Bed be
undefiled, for God will Judge the
immoral and adulterous!

Keep your life free from love of money,

and be content with what you have,
for He said: I will never fail you nor
forsake you.

Hence,

Mnimonevete

Remember

ton igoumenon imon,

itines elalisan imin ton Logon tou
Theou, on anatheorountes tin ekvasin
tis anastrofis mimisthe tin Pistin.

Iisous

Hristos hthes ke simeron O aftos

ke is tous eonas.

we can confidently say: The

Lord is my Helper I will not be
afraid. What can man do to me?

your leaders those who

spoke to you the Word of God.
Consider the outcome of their Life,
and imitate their Faith.

kero ekino, in tis asthenon Lazaros

apo Vithanias, ek tis komis Marias ke
Marthas tis adelphis aftis.

At

that time, a certain man was sick:

Lazaros of Bethany, the town of
Mary and her sister, Martha.

It was that Maria who had anointed our

Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His
Feet with her hair, whose brother,
Lazaros, was sick.

Akousas

de O Iisou ipen:
Afti i
asthenia ouk esti pros Thanaton,
all iper tis Doxis tou Theou, ina
Doxasthi O Iios tou Theou di aftis.

12.

Ti

afti imera, mnimi

Martyros Ovaleriou.

Agiou

On

this day we Commemorate the

Holy Martyr, St Valerios

Ti

afti imera, mnimi ton Agion

Martyron Anatoliou ke Protoleontos,
Stratilaton.

On

this day we Commemorate the

Holy Martyrs, St Anatolios and St
Protoleon the Commanders.

Ti

afti imera, mnimi tou Agiou

Martyros Athanasiou tou apo
Magon.

On

this day we Commemorate the

Holy Martyr, St Athanasios the
former Magician.

Ti

afti imera, mnimi tou Agiou

Martyros Glikeriou tou Georgou.

On

this day we Commemorate the

Holy Martyr, St Glykerios the
Farmer.

Ti

afti imera, O Agii Donatos ke

Therinos xifi teliounte.

On

this day St Donatos and St

Therinos were Perfected by sword.

Ti

afti imera, O Agios Neomartys

Georgios, O Martyriasas en poli
Ptolemedos kata 1752, maheras
katakopis, telioute.

On this day the New Holy Martyrs, St

Ti

afti imera, mnimi tou Agiou

Neomartyros
Lazarou
tou
Voulgareos, athlisantos en eti 1802.

On

Ti

afti imera, Savvato pro ton Vaion,

Eortazomen tin Egersin tou Agiou ke
Dikeou, Filou tou Hristou, Lazarou
tou Tetramerou.

tou

George, who Witnessed in the city

of Ptolemais in 1752 was Perfected
by being cut to pieces by swords.

Therefore, the sisters sent a message to

Jesus, saying: Lord, behold:
whom Thou Love is sick.

he

When

Jesus heard that, He said: This

sickness is not unto Death, but for
the Glory of God so that the Son of
God may be Glorified through it.

MATINS & DIVINE LITURGY HYMNS & READINGS - SATURDAY

OF THE

RAISING

OF

this day we Commemorate the

New Holy Martyr, St Lazaros the
Bulgarian, who Contested in 1802.

TOU TRIODIOU

THE TRIODION

On

this day, Saturday Before Palm

Sunday, we Commemorate the
Raising of the Holy and Righteous
Friend of Christ, St Lazaros, who was
Four Days Dead.

STIHI

ST JOHN 11 : 1 45

ke ekmaxasa tous Podas Aftou tes

thrixin aftis, is O adelphos, Lazaros,
istheni.
oun e adelfe pros afton
legouse: Kyrie, ide on filis asthenia.

this 23rd day of this month, we

Commemorate the Holy, Glorious
Great Martyr, St George the Trophy
Bearer.

today, and forever.

TO

In de Maria mi alipsasa ton Kyrion myro

Apestilan

On

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING

To

Ktou Aftou minos, mnimi tou

Agiou ke Endoou Megalomartyros
Georgiou tou Tropeoforou.

Let

Oste

Tharrountas imas legin: Kyrios,

emi voithos, ke ou fovithisome.Ti piisi
mi anthropos?

Ti

ST LAZAROS

VERSE

Thrinis Iisou, touto thnitis Ousias.

Zoois Filon Sou, touto thias Ishias.

Jesus, Thou grieve a token of

mortal essence.

Thy Friend Thou Revived a Token of

Divine Potence.

Tes

At

Amin

Amen

tou Sou Filou Lazarou Presvies,

Hriste O Theos, eleison imas.

the Intercessions of Thy Friend, St

Lazaros, O Christ our God, have
Mercy on us.

FESTAL KATAVASIA- ST LAZAROS SATURDAY A Igran diodefsas osi xiran, ke tin

Egiptian, mohthirian diafigon, O
Israilitis anevoa: To litroti ke Theo
imon asomen.

ODI

TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

1
Of old, when the Israelite had
crossed the watery passage as if on
dry land, fleeing fromt he misery of
Egypt, he cried: To God our
Redeemer, let us sing!

ODE

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Ouranias

apsidos, orofourge
Kyrie, ke tis Ekklisias domitor, Si me
stereoson, en ti Agapi ti Si, ton efeton
i akrotis, ton Piston to stirigma, Mone
Filanthrope.

ODI

Si mou Ishis, Kyrie, Si mou ke

Dinamis, Si Theos mou, Si mou
Agalliama, O Patrikous kolpous mi lipon,
ke tin imeteran, ptohian episkepsamenos
dio Sin to Profiti, Avvakoum Si Kravgazo.
Ti dinami Sou doxa Filanthrope!

ODI

ODI

Ina ti me aposo, apo tou Prosopou

ODE

ODE

Ilasthiti

mi Sotir, polle gar e

anomie mou.
K eek vithou ton
kakon, anagage, deome. Pros Se gar
evoisa. Ke epakouson mou, O Theos
tis Sotirias mou.

I ek tis Ioudaes, katantisantes

Pedes en Vaviloni pote, ti Pisti tis
Triados, tin floga tis kaminou,
katepatisan psallontes.
O ton
Pateron imon, Theos Evlogitos i.

ODI

Enoumen,

Evlogoumen
Proskinoumen ton Kyrion.

ODI

ke

Ton

Vasilea ton Ouranon, on imnousi,

stratie ton Angelon, imnite, ke
iperipsoute, is pantas tous eonas.

Why, O Lord, hast Thou cast me

away from Thy Sight, O Neversetting Light, and this foreign

darkness now has covered me,
miserable as I am?
Do, I pray,
convert me, and to the Light of Thy
Commandments guide my ways, I
entreat Thee most fervently.
ODE

ODE

ODE

Be

gracious to me, O Lod, for

many are my iniquities; and bring
me up from the deep of evils, I
supplicate. And hear me, O God of
my Salvation!
6

7 The Children of Judea, who of

old, were deported and sent to
Babylon, once trod on the fire of the
furnace by holding to the Faith in
the Trinity, and chanted: Blessed
art Thou, the God of our Fathers!

We

Praise, we Bless, and we

Worship the Lord.
8:

Praise and Bless Him Who by the

Hosts of Angels is extolled as King
of the Heavens, supremely exalting
Him unto all the Ages.

THE MAGNIFICAT
STANDING

BEFORE THE HOLY ICON OF THE EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS, THE

DECLARES THE FOLLOWING, AFTER WHICH HE CENSES THE SANCTUARY,
ICONS AND CONGREGATION WHILE THE MAGNIFICAT HYMN IS CHANTED.

Tin

Theotokon ke
Fotos: en imnis
Meglinomen!

Miter to
timontes

PRIEST
HOLY

The

Theotokos and Mother of

the Light: with hymns let us
Magnify!

THE BELLS ARE RUNG AT THIS POINT

6.

THEOTOKION

GREAT
RESURRECTION APOLYTIKION

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ST LAZAROS

DOXOLOGY

Divine Liturgy Festal Hymns

TRIODION APOLYTIKION - ST LAZAROS SATURDAY TONE 1

Tin kinin Anastasin pro tou Sou Pathous To

Pistoumenos, ek nekron igiras ton
Lazaron, Hriste O Theos. Othen ke
imis os i Pedes, ta tis Nikis simvola
ferontes, Si to Nikiti tou Thanatou
voomen.
Osanna en tis Ipsistis,
Evlogimenos
O
erhomenos,
en
Onomati Kyriou.

4 Thou art my Strength. Thou art

my Power and Might, O Lord. Thou,
my God, art also my Exultant Joy,
Who deigned to visit our poverty,
with ever leaving the Bosom of Thy
Father at any time. To Thee, then
do I cry out with Habbakoum the
Prophet: To Thy Power be Glory, O
Lover of mankind!

ODE

Sou to Fos to aditon, ke ekalipse me,

to allotrion skotos ton dileon? All
epistrepson me, ke pros to Fos ton
entolon
Sou,
tas
odous
mou
katevthinon deome.

ODI

3 : O Divine Master Builder of the

Celestial Vault, as the only Lover of
mankind and Founder of the
Church: establish me, O Lord, in
Love for Thee, the Believers firm
Support and ultimate Object of all
desire.

confirm the General Resurrection

before
Thy
Passion,
Thou
Resurrected Lazaros from the dead,
O Christ our God.
Therfore,
imitating the Children, carrying the
Symbols of Victory, we cry out to
Thee, the Victor over Death:
Hosanna in the Highest! Blessed art
Thou, Who comes in the Name of the
Lord!

ISODIKON

Defte

Proskinisomen ke Prospesomen

Hristo.
Soson imas, Iie Theou, O

Anastas ek nekron

O Come let us Worship and Bow down

before Christ.
Save us, O Son of
God, Who Arose from the dead!

TRIODION APOLYTIKION - ST LAZAROS SATURDAY TONE 1

(REPEATED

AS BEFORE

KONTAKION TONE 2

panton Hara, Hristos i Alithia, to Fos i

Zoi, tou Kosmou i Anastasis, tis en Gi
pefanerote, ti Aftou Agathotiti, ke
gegone tipos tis Anastaseos, tis pasi
parehon Thian afesin.

INSTEAD

OF

The

Joy of all men, The Truth Who is

Christ our God, the Light and the
Life, the Resurrection of the world,
has Appeared to those on Earth, in
that He is Benevolent, becoming the
type of the Resurrection, and
granting Divine Remission to all.

AGIOS O THEOS... (TRISAGION HYMN)

Osi

is Hriston Evaptisthite,
enedisasthe. Allilouia! (3)

Hriston

As

many of you as were Baptised into

Christ have put on Christ. Alleluia!
(3)

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati,

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Amin
Hriston enedisasthe. Allilouia!
Dynamis!
Osi is Hriston Evaptisthite,

Amen
Have put on Christ. Alleluia!
Power!
As many of you as were Baptised

ke nin ke ai ke is tous Eonas ton

eonon.

Hriston

enedisasthe. Allilouia!

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

into
Christ have put on Christ: Alleluia!

PROKEIMENON PSALM 26/27 TONE 3

Kyrios Fotismos mou ke Sotir mou.

Tina

The

Apo

The

fovithisome?

Kyrios

iperaspistis tis Zois mou.

tinos diliaso?

Lord is my Light and my Saviour!

Whom shall I fear?
Lord is the Defender of my Life!
Whom shall I dread?

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Enite

Afton en kimvalis evihis. Enite

Afton en kimvalis
alalagmou.
Pasa pnoi inesato ton Kyrion.

Martha

ti Maria evoa: O Didasklos

paresti, ke foni Se. Proselthe. I de
dromea elthousa, opou in estos O
Kyrios, idousa anevoise, pesousa
prosekinise, ke tous ahrantous podas
Sou katafilousa elege. Kyrie, i is ode,
ouk an apethanen imon O Adelphos.

SATURDAY

OF

Him with tuneful cymbals;

praise Him with loud cymbals. Let
everything that has breath praise
the Lord.
the Teacher is here and is calling
for Thee! And she went quickly to
where her Lord was. And when she
saw Thee, she cried; she knelt; she
worshipped. As she covered Thine
Immaculate Feet with kisses, she
said; O Lord, if Thou had been here,
our brother would not have died!

Arise,

Lazaron

Four days after he had died Thou raised

tethneota, en Vithania igiras

tetraimeron. Monon gar os epestis to
mnimati, i fonis Zoi to tethneoti
gegone. Ke stenaxas O Adis, apelise
fovo.
Mega to thavma!
Polielee
Kyrie, Doxa Si!

O Lord, my God, lift up Thy

Hand:
do not forget Thy poor
forever.

Lazaros in Bethany.
As soon as
Thou went to the tomb, Thy Voice
became Life to the dead man; and
Hades, groaning in fear, released
him. Great was the Miracle! Most
Merciful Lord: Glory to Thee!

Exomologisome Si, Kyrie, en oli kardia I

mou, diigisome panta ta Thavmasia
Sou.

Kathos

ipas Kyrie ti Martha: Ego Imi i

Anastasis, Ergo ton Logon eplirosas,
ex Adou kalesas ton Lazaron. Kame
filanthrope, nekron tis pathesin, os
simpathis exanastison, deome.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

9TH ODE THE HIERMOS - TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

The Pure Theotokos who in Her Womb

Agnin Endoxos Timisomen, lai

Theotokon, tin to Thion Pir en Gastri,
aflektos sillavousan, Imnis asigitis
Megalinomen!

Conceived the Divine Fire without

being
burnt,
let
us
honour
gloriously, O People, magnifying Her
with never-silent Hymns!

Doxa Si, O Theos imon, Doxa Si!

Glory to Thee, O God, Glory to Thee!
I Lai idontes Vadizonta, nekron When they saw him, who had been dead
tetarteon, ekplagentes to Thavmati,
anevoon to Litroti.
Theon Se en
imnis Megalinomen.

for four days, walking, the people

were amazed by the Miracle and
cried to the Redeemer: With neversilent Hymns, O God, we Magnify
Thee!

EOTHINON DOXASTIKON

O Lord, even as Thou said to Martha:

I
Am the Resurrection, so Thou
fulfilled Thy Word in action by
calling back Lazaros from Hades.
Resurrect me, also, for I am dead
through passions, I beseech Thee, O
Compassionate One Who Loves
mankind.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

- SATURDAY

Mega

ke Paradoxon Thavma, teteleste

simeron! Oti nekron tetarteon, ek
tafou Hristos fonisas igire, ke filon
ekalese.
Doxologisomen afton, os
iperendoxon, ina tes presvies tou
dikeou Lazarou, sosi tas psihas imon.

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Doxa Si, O Theos imon, Doxa Si!

Glory to Thee, O God, Glory to Thee!
Propiston tin Endoxon Egersin, tin sin O In advance affirming Thy Glorious
Sotir mou, nekron tetraimeron, ek
tou Adou eleftheris, ton Lazaron. En
Imnis Megalino Se.
SECOND CANON SATURDAY

OF

ST LAZAROS - TONE 2

Great and Paradoxical Miracle was

performed today! For from the grave
Christ summoned a man four days
dead and Resurrected him, calling
him His Beloved Friend. Let us sing
Glory to Him Who is Supremely
Glorious, so that at the Intercessions
of Lazros the Righteous, He might
Save our souls.

Now

and ever, and to the Ages of

Ages.

Amen

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OF

Arising, my Saviour, from Hades

Thou liberated Lazaros who had
been dead for four days. Hence, I
Magnify Thee with Hymns.
ST LAZAROS -

TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Doxa Si, O Theos imon, Doxa Si!

Glory to Thee, O God, Glory to Thee!
Timon Sou ton Patera, ke apodiknion, O In honour of Thy Father and thus

will give Thee thanks, O Lord, with

my whole heart: I will tell of all
Thy Wonders.

and to the Holy Spirit

10.

OF THE

Tin

ST LAZAROS - TONE (8) PLAGAL 4

Kyrie O Theos mou,

ipsothito i Hir Sou, mi epilathi ton
peniton Sou is telos.

Amin

KATAVASIA

Martha cried aloud to Mary: Come, for

Anastithi,

Ke

THE USUAL MAGNIFICAT IS EXCLUDED TODAY

Praise

souk antitheos istha, prosevhi Hriste,

antexousios egiras to tetraimeron.

demonstrating that Thou were not

against God, O Christ, Thou prayed
to Him, when by an Act of Thy Free
Will Thou raised on four-days-dead.

Glory to Thee, O God, Glory to Thee! Glory to Thee, O God, Glory to Thee!
Ek tafou tetarteon, Lazaron egiras, tis An all-trustworthy witness of Thy
triimerou Hriste mou Egerseos,
panalithestaton pasi, kikniis martira.

Three-day rising, Thou showed to all

in the person of Lazaros, when from
the grave after four days Thou
raised him, O my Christ.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

Badizis ke

dakriis, fthengi te Sotir mou,

tin anthropinin diknis Sou energian,
tin Theikin de minion, egiris Lazaron.

To demonstrate Thy human energy, my

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Now

Ke

Amin.
Enirgisas

afrastos, Despota Sotir mou,

kath ekateron ton dio Sou fiseon,
aftexousio thelisi, tin Sotirian mou.

and to the Holy Spirit

Saviour, Thou walk and weep, and

Thou ask where is Lazaros; and to
declare Thy Divinity, Thou raised
him from the dead.
and ever, and unto the ages of
ages.

Amen
O Master and my Saviour, by the freely
chosen and voluntary effecting of
each of Thy Wills, Thou brought
about my Salvation in Ways
surpassing speech.

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FESTAL KATAVASIA - THEOTOKION

Kyrios

Theotokon, Se Omologoumen, i
dia Sou sesosmeni Parthene Agni, sin
asomatis Hories, Se Megalinontes.

Thou

art the Theotokos literally, O

Virgin; and we confess it, for we
have been Saved through Thee whom
we, O Pure One, with Choirs of
Angels magnify

SMALL LITANY PRAISES TO THE LORD

FESTAL EXAPOSTEILARION ST LAZAROS SATURDAY -

Logo

Sou Loge tou Theou, Lazaros nin

exallete, pros vion palindromisas. Ke
meta kladon i lai, Se Kratee
gererousin, oti is telos olesis, ton Adin
Thanato Sou. (2)

Dia

Lazarou Se Hristos, idi skilevi

Thanate. Ke pou Sou Adi to nikos?
Tis Vithanias O klavthmos, nin epi Se
methistate. Pantes kladous tis Nikis,
afto episiomen!
LAUDS: THE PRAISES

By

TONE 3

Thy Word, O Word of God, Lazaros

now leaps out of Death, having
returned to this life. Therefore the
people honour Thee, for Thou shall
destroy Hades utterly by Thine own
Death. (2)

By means of Lazaros has

Chist already
plundered thee, O Death. And where
is thy victory, O Hades? For the
lament of Bethany is now thine. Let
us all wave against it our Branches of
Victory!

TO

GOD -PSALM 148

panton anthropon prominion, ek

fthoras
eleftherian.
Dio
proskinountes Sou, tin pantodinamon
exousian voomen. Evlogimenos i
Sotir, eleison imas.

Thou
Loved,
foretokening
the
Liberation of all mankind from
corruption.
Therefore, adoring
Thine Omnipotent Authority, we cry
out; Blessed art Thou, O Saviour!
Have Mercy on us!

Enite

Praise Him for His Mighty Acts;

Martha

Martha and Mary to our Saviour said:

Enite

Praise

Tis

To

Afton epi tes Dinasties Afton.

Enite Afton kata to plithos tis
Megalosinis Aftou.
ke Maria, to Sotiri elegon. I is
ode Kyrie, ouk an tethnike Lazaros.
Hristos
de
i
Anastasis
ton
kekimimenon, ton idi tetraimeron, ek
nekron anestise. Defte pantes i Pisti,
touton
proskinisomen,
ton
erhomenon en Doxi, Sose tas psihas
imon.

Afton en iho salpingos. Enite

Afton en psaltirio ke kithara.

praise
Him according to the greatness of
His Majesty.
If
Thou had been here, O Lord, Lazaros
would not have died. Then Christ,
the Resurrection of those who in
Death have slumbered, Resurrected
from the dead the man already four
days dead. Therefore, O Believers
all: come let us adore Him Who is
coming in Glory to Save our souls!

Him with the sound of the

trumpet; praise Him with lute and
harp.

ALL CREATION PRAISES THE LORD OUR GOD

Pasa

Let

Enite

Praise Him, all His Angels; praise Him,

pnoi enesato ton Kyrion. Enite

ton Kyrion ek ton Ouranon. Enite
Afton en tis Ipsistis. Si prepi imnos
to Theo.
Afton, pantes i Angelli Aftou.
Enite Afton, pase e Dinamis Aftou.
Si prepi imnos to Theo.
PSALM 150 -

STIHI - SATURDAY

everything that has breath praise

the Lord. Praise the Lord from the
Heavens; praise Him in the Highest.
To Thee praise is due, O God.

all His Powers. To Thee praise is

due, O God.
OF

ST LAZAROS TONE 1

LET ALL THINGS PRAISE THE LORD!

Tou

piise en aftis frima engrapton.

Doxa afti este pasi tis Osiis Aftou.

To

execute upon them the Judgement

that is decreed; such Glory will be
for all His Holy Ones.

Theotitos Sou Hriste, parehon tis

mathites Sou ta simvola, en tis ohlis
etapinous seafton, apokiripse taftin
voulomenos.
Dio tis Apostolis, os
prognostitis ke Theos, tou Lazarou
ton Thanaton proigorevsas.
En
Vithania de pron tis lais, tou filou Sou
ton tafon agnoon, Mathin eziti os
anthropos. All O dia Sou tetraimeros
anastas, to Thion Sou kratos edilose.
Pantodiname Kyrie, Doxa Si!

Anastasis ke Zoi ton anthropon, iparhon O Christ,

Hriste, en to mnimati Lazarou
epestis, pistoumenos imin tas dio
ousias Sou Makrothime, oti Theos ke
anthropos, ex agnis Parthenou
paragegonas. Os men gar vrotos,
epirotas, pou tethapte? Os de Theos
anestitsas, zoiforo nevmati, ton
tetraimeron.

Enite

Praise

Lazaron

Thou

ton Theon en tis Agiis Afton.

Enite Afton en stereomati tis
Dinameos Aftou.
tethneota,
tetraimeron
anestisas ex Adou Hriste, pro tou Sou
Thanatou, diasisas tou Thanatou to
kratos, ke di enos prosfilous, tin

8.

as Thou art the Resurrection

and the Life of mankind, Thou went
to the tomb of Lazaros, and
demonstrated for us both Thine
Essences, O Longsuffering One; for
from the pure Virgin Thou hast
come indeed as both God and Man.
As a Mortal Thou enquired where he
was buried, and as God, with Thy
Life-bearing
Summons,
Thou
Resurrected him who had been four
days dead.

God in His Saints; praise Him

in the firmament of His Power.
Resurrected Lazaros from Hades
after he had been dead for four days,
O Christ, thus before Thine own
Death, and by means of one whom

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SATURDAY

OF

Thy Disciples, O Christ, Thou

granted the Tokens of Thy Divinity;
but Thou humbled Thyself amongst
the crowd, Thine Intention being to
conceal it from them. Therefore, as
the Foreknower of all things, and as
God, Thou predicted to Thine
Apostles the death of Lazaros. In
the presence of the people in
Bethany, as though Thou did ot
know, as Man, Thou sought the place
of Thy Friends burial. But when he,
who had been four days dead, was
Resurrected by Thee, he made Thy
Divine Powers manifest. O Almighty
One: Glory to Thee, O Lord!

ST LAZAROS

Enite Afton en timpano ke

horo. Enite Afton en hordes ke
organo.
Tetarteon igiras ton filon Sou Hriste, ke
ton tis Marthas ke Marias thrinon
epafsas, ipodiknion tis pasin, oti aftos
i O tap anta pliron, theiki dinastia,
aftexousio Thelimati. O ta Herouvim
voa apaftos. Osanna en tis Ipsistis!
Evlogimenos i O Epi Panton Theos!
Doxa Si!

-TONE 4

Praise

Him with timbrel and dance;

praise Him with strings and flute.

Thou

raised Thy Friend who was four

days dead, O Christ, and brought an
end to the lament of Martha and
Mary, and thus Thou demonstrated
to all that Thou art the One Who fills
all things by Thy Divine dominion,
by Thine own Free Will.
The
Cherubim
cry
out
to
Thee
unceasingly:
Hosanna in the
Highest! Blessed art Thou Who are
God above all! Glory to Thee!

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